Joshua 10:24 meaning and explanation
When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.
Joshua 10:24, Berean Standard Bible
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Joshua has just routed the five Amorite kings who attacked Gibeon, and the kings have been dragged from the cave at Makkedah. In the ancient Near East, placing a foot on a defeated ruler's neck was a public gesture of total subjugation, and Joshua stages it before all Israel so the army sees with its own eyes that the coalition is finished.
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